| Order: | 26th |
| Predecessor: | Patrick Finnegan |
| President of Longwood University | |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Marlo Reveley[1] |
| Alma Mater: | Princeton University (A.B.) Union Presbyterian Seminary (M.Div.) University of Virginia (J.D.) |
| Profession: | Educator, Attorney |
| Term Start: | June 1, 2013 |
Walter Taylor Reveley IV (born August 16, 1974) is a Virginia educator and lawyer who became the 26th president of Longwood University, a public liberal arts college in Farmville, Virginia, in 2013.[2] A scholar of the U.S. presidency, Reveley was previously the managing director of the University of Virginia's Miller Center, and as the coordinating attorney for the National War Powers Commission, co-chaired by U.S. Secretaries of State James Baker and Warren Christopher.[3]
Reveley is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from St. Christopher's School there.[2] He graduated with an A.B. in classics from Princeton University in 1996 after completing an 82-page-long senior thesis, titled "The Classical Influence on James Madison's Political Thought up to and through the Ratification of the United States Constitution", under the supervision of Donna Hurley.[4] [1] While a student at Princeton, Reveley was a member of the football team.[2] He also holds a master's degree from Union Presbyterian Seminary, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.[5]
Reveley's grandfather, W. Taylor Reveley II was president of Hampden-Sydney College from 1963-1977,[6] and his father W. Taylor Reveley III was president of the College of William & Mary from 2008-2018.[1] [7]
Reveley began his career as an attorney with Hunton & Williams, with a practice focused on corporate governance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as matters of state and federal public policy.[1]
Reveley's scholarly expertise is the modern U.S. presidency in particular, the major focus of U.Va.’s Miller Center, which he helped lead under former Virginia Governor Gerald Baliles.[1]
Previously, Reveley was on the Princeton Alumni Council's executive committee and was chairman of the trustees of Virginia Intermont College.[1]
He is also an executive producer of the 2013 dark comedy Doomsdays, written and directed by his childhood friend Eddie Mullins, which receives 86% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.[8]
The Commission on Presidential Debates selected Longwood to host the October 2016 U.S. Vice-Presidential Debate.[9]
Reveley led a campus plan with the firm Cooper, Robertson & Partners, which aims to improve the university's residential campus and connection to the town of Farmville.[10]